Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lionel Palairet	b Jones	6	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Hedley	b Jones	40	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Palairet	c †Kelly b Trumble	31	-	-	-	-	-
Sammy Woods (c)	c Iredale b Jones	35	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Roe	c Hill b Trumble	46	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Robson	c Trott b Trumble	2	-	-	-	-	-
John Challen	b McKibbin	23	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Hill	b McKibbin	4	-	-	-	-	-
George Nichols	st †Kelly b Trumble	6	-	-	-	-	-
Ted Tyler	c Jones b McKibbin	13	-	-	-	-	-
Arthur Newton †	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 9)	13
Total	76.1 Ov (RR: 2.87)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-64, 3-118, 4-126, 5-137, 6-182, 7-200, 8-202, 9-219, 10-219

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ernie Jones	27	3	94	3	4.17	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	38	13	78	4	2.46	-	-	-
Tom McKibbin	11.1	3	34	3	3.64	-	-	-

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Darling	b Hedley	0	-	-	-	-	-
Frank Iredale	c & b Hedley	9	-	-	-	-	-
George Giffen	c Tyler b Robson	40	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Donnan	run out	41	-	-	-	-	-
Syd Gregory	c †Newton b Robson	4	-	-	-	-	-
Clem Hill	b Robson	1	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Trott (c)	c & b Hedley	1	-	-	-	-	-
James Kelly †	st †Newton b Robson	14	-	-	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	c †Newton b Robson	8	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	c Challen b Robson	9	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McKibbin	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	57 Ov (RR: 2.26)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-17, 3-88, 4-92, 5-96, 6-98, 7-98, 8-117, 9-127, 10-129

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Walter Hedley	27	12	50	3	2.22	-	-	-
Ted Tyler	11	0	36	0	3.92	-	-	-
George Nichols	5	1	15	0	3.60	-	-	-
Ernie Robson	13	5	22	6	2.03	-	-	-
Lionel Palairet	1	0	4	0	4.80	-	-	-

Somerset 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lionel Palairet	b McKibbin	0	-	-	-	-	-
Walter Hedley	b McKibbin	0	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Palairet	c Hill b Trumble	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sammy Woods (c)	c Iredale b Giffen	16	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Roe	run out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ernie Robson	b Giffen	10	-	-	-	-	-
John Challen	not out	12	-	-	-	-	-
Vernon Hill	not out	10	-	-	-	-	-
Extras		0
Total	24 Ov (RR: 2.04)	49/6
Did not bat: George Nichols, Ted Tyler, Arthur Newton †
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-27, 6-27

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Hugh Trumble	2	2	0	1	0.00	-	-	-
Tom McKibbin	12	6	21	2	2.10	-	-	-
George Giffen	10	2	28	2	3.36	-	-	-

Close of Play

Mon, 24 Aug - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 156/5 (Bill Roe 23*, John Challen 6*)

Tue, 25 Aug - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 49/6 (John Challen 12*, Vernon Hill 10*, 24 ov)

Wed, 26 Aug - day 3 - no play

Match Details

County Ground, Taunton
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1896
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	James Lillywhite (jnr) Jim Phillips

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Somerset Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
H Trumble	2	2	0	1	0
TR McKibbin	12	6	21	2	2.1
G Giffen	10	2	28	2	3.36

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	John Challen	Vernon Hill

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